› added 7 years ago

395

TIL that oysters can get herpes

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

j61mp TIL Nebraska's USPS abbreviation was originally "NB" - however it was changed to "NE" at the request of Canada in order to avoid confusion with New Brunswick. It is the only time a state / territory has changed its USPS abbreviation since the introduction of the system in 1963
5Vo5P TIL scientists didn’t use real blood to test absorbency of menstrual products, such as pads, until 2023. Up until then, a saline solution was the default method.
oOYE TIL that MIT researchers studying tongue twisters developed “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod,” which nobody could say 10 times fast. Some who tried it just stopped trying to talk.
X01VD TIL octopuses kill themselves after laying eggs and its related to self injurious behavior in humans
7rk4p TIL while bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleagues confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleagues believed a spy had infiltrated the project.